UNPUBLISHED

UNITED STATES COURT OF APPEALS

FOR THE FOURTH CIRCUIT

No. 04-6594

ALLEN RAY JOHNSON,

Defendant - Appellant,
versus
UNITED STATES OF AMERICA,
Plaintiff - Appellee.

Appeal from the United States District Court for the Eastern
District of North Carolina, at Raleigh. Terrence W. Boyle, Chief
District Judge. (CR-01-167)

Submitted:

June 9, 2004

Decided:

June 18, 2004

Before WIDENER, WILLIAMS, and MOTZ, Circuit Judges.

Affirmed by unpublished per curiam opinion.

Allen Ray Johnson, Appellant Pro Se.

Rudolf A. Renfer, Jr.,
Assistant United States Attorney, Raleigh, North Carolina, for
Appellee.

Unpublished opinions are not binding precedent in this circuit.

See Local Rule 36(c).

PER CURIAM:
Allen Ray Johnson appeals from the district courts order
denying

his

motion

for

release

on

bond.

We

may

exercise

jurisdiction only over final orders, see 28 U.S.C. 1291 (2000),

and certain interlocutory and collateral orders.

See 28 U.S.C.

1292 (2000); Fed. R. Civ. P. 54(b); Cohen v. Beneficial Indus.

Loan Corp., 337 U.S. 541 (1949).

The district courts denial of

bond falls within the collateral order doctrine and is immediately

appealable.
(11th

Cir.

reviewed

See Pagan v. United States, 353 F.3d 1343, 1345-46

2003)

the

(collecting

record

on

cases

appeal

and

adopting
find

no

rule).

We

reversible

have

error.

Accordingly, we affirm for the reasons stated by the district

court.

See United States v. Johnson, No. CR-01-167 (E.D.N.C.

Mar. 8, 2004).

We dispense with oral argument because the facts

and legal contentions are adequately presented in the materials

before the court and argument would not aid the decisional process.

AFFIRMED

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